2003 Idaki Shin concert "Torch of Peace" in Tanzania

"Torch of Peace" Message by Idaki Shin

NPO KOMA representative Keiko Koma with Prime Minister of Tanzania

A baby is born and cries. Its scream, emerging body and soul, commemorates the moment of enlightenment encountering this world. This is also the first speech addressed to the world, connected with something superior to oneself, and anticipating future creation. As the baby is not accepted as it really is by the surrounding world, society, and people, so it knows nothing but to cry out against this world, inconsistent with the nature of its life.

The idea of peace, in turn, is lost when the scream of a baby is neglected or misinterpreted. Then the scream of a new born baby embodies the pain of a man who is destined to live a miserable life, with a future deprived of peace, as well as its sorrow at fitting into a prefabricated personality. Peace has eternal meaning for all life forms, to which a rich and beautiful nature is indispensable.

Tanzania knows the origin of human species. It is proud to be one of the richest lands in nature on this planet. People used to be healed, in the midst of its rich nature, where their soul shines brilliantly. People are filled with joy to live a beautiful life, both internally and physically.

No life form is created by mankind, while all new-born life filling the earth makes it shine beautifully. Thus my music is the powerful scream of a new born baby leading towards construction of a peaceful future: each sound generated improvisationally resonates with vast nature, expressing this marvelous energy driving forth from the core of the soul towards peace.

I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the United Republic of Tanzania, and to its related organizations and individuals, for providing me this precious opportunity to realize this concert designed to show the way for peace at this crucial moment of the history of mankind.